The Steering Committee comprises:

Lizzie Beers (Chair)

Lizzie is Technical Director at Geostream UK and has over 17 years’ experience in environmental consultancy, comprising the majority of aspects relating to land contamination and remediation. Lizzie has been a member of RemSoc and the Steering Committee since 2018 and was voted in as Chair in 2023.

Lizzie is based in Birmingham.

Neil Hopkins (Secretary)

Neil works at Englobe Regeneration UK and has almost 20 years of experience in the brownfield sector, predominantly focusing on designing and implementing a wide range of remediation schemes.

Neil has been a member of the RemSoc Steering Committee since November 2021 and was voted in as Secretary in 2023.

Neil is based in Cardiff.

Tom Simpson (Treasurer)

Tom works for WSP, with over 17 years in the site closure and remediation sectors in the both the UK and Europe, predominantly as a remediation contractor. Tom has a strong understanding of contaminated land / remedial techniques and associated compliance and permitting issues.

Tom has been on the RemSoc Steering Committee since 2019 and was voted in as Treasurer in 2023.

Tom is based in Kent.

Bec Weller (ECP Coordinator)

Bec is the People & Culture Director at VertaseFLI, with over 15 years experience in the industry.  Bec is responsible for all things people and culture and is particularly focused on development and coaching/ mentoring, having brought a coaching/ mentoring programme to VertaseFLI.

Bec joined the Steering Committee in 2023 and as ECP Co-ordinator, Bec will be looking at how RemSoc can help develop and progress our Early Careers Practitioners in the industry.

Andy O’Dea (Comms)

Andy is Technical Director at Cognition Land and Water, a specialist contamination remediation and ground engineering contractor.  He has some 30 years’ experience of contamination risk assessment, geotechnical design and delivery of remediation and ground engineering projects.

Andy has been a member of RemSoc since 2016 and part of the steering committee since 2023.

Andy is based in Berkshire and works mainly across London and southern England.

Simon Gomm (Outgoing Treasurer)

Simon is a Technical Director at ERM in Birmingham.  With over 22 years’ experience in Remediation engineering, he has a wide range of experience in the assessment and implementation of remediation approaches at a wide range of contaminated sites across Europe, Middle East and Africa.  Simon was a founding member of RemSoc.

Simon is based in Birmingham.

George Evans

George is founder and Managing Director of Soilfix and has over 25 years’ experience in the design, implementation and verification of remediation works for divestment, redevelopment and regulatory drivers.

George has been on the RemSoc Steering Group since 2017 and is based in Bristol.

Jo McKay

Jo is a Managing Consultant in Ramboll’s Site Solutions team and has over 18 years of experience as a contaminated land consultant. Jo has been involved with a range of remediation projects for the industry, property and transport sectors and a focus on sustainable remediation.

Jo has been a member of the RemSoc Steering Committee since 2023.

Richard Clayton (Outgoing Chair)

Richard is the head of WSP in the UK’s Ground Risk and Remediation business and has over 24 years’ experience, is based in Birmingham and has extensive experience in the design and implementation of remediation on a wide range of Brownfield sites with a strong focus on sustainable remediation.

Richard is a founder member of RemSoc and is the 2023 outgoing Chair and former Secretary. Richard is based in Birmingham.

Steve Edgar

Peter Fitch (Outgoing Secretary)

Sarah Poulton (Outgoing ECP Coordinator)